I saw desperation at the Tory conference – but all traditional parties may be in this position soon | Andy Beckett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/10/tory-conference-manchester-labour-lib-dems-voters #Conservativeconference #Conservatives #Politics #UKnews
I saw desperation at the Tory conference – but all traditional parties may be in this position soon

The feeling of crisis in Manchester also afflicts Labour and the Lib Dems. It leaves voters facing a dangerously unstable political order, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism

The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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‘Not words that I would have used’: Stride distances himself from Jenrick’s ‘no white faces’ comments – as it happened

Shadow chancellor distances himself from words after Robert Jenrick accused of racism in comments he made about Handsworth

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I didn’t think I’d ever say this: let’s hope the Tory party can be saved

Britain badly needs a grownup party of the centre right. It won’t come from Badenoch – it may come from a new generation of one-nationers, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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It’s Badenoch’s Tory show, 2025: like Britain seeing an old flame and remembering why we blocked their number | Frances Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/06/kemi-badenoch-tory-conservative-conference-britain #Conservativeconference #Conservatives #KemiBadenoch #Manchester #Politics #UKnews
It’s Badenoch’s Tory show, 2025: like Britain seeing an old flame and remembering why we blocked their number

The conference offers a flailing leader, Trumpite policies and rivals jockeying for position. It is comical, but also worrying, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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The Guardian view on Conservative party conference: Kemi Badenoch’s last shot at relevance

Editorial: The Tory leader’s warped analysis of why her party is unpopular has lead her into strategic misjudgments and terrible policy choices

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Keir Starmer tells Brussels press conference it was ‘right’ for him to repay £6,000 worth of gifts – UK politics live

Announcement that PM is returning gifts comes after news Labour peer Lord Alli is under investigation by Lords commissioner

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Cleverly says it was a mistake for Sunak to say he would ‘stop the boats’ because that was ‘unachievable target’ – UK politics live

Former home secretary says the phrase ‘stop the boats’ was ‘an error’ and it was too complicated a problem to distil into a soundbite

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